About us!
I was born into the dog show world. Our family own the company Dorwest Herbs which sell veterinary herbal medicines for dogs and cats. My dad Tony travelled the country attending every major Championship dog show selling Dorwest products and I would always attend the shows in the holidays when able. My grandfather was a dog trainer and great-grandfather a vet.
I spent my youth looking after our family dogs which were always primarily sighthounds as well as Border Terriers and Cavaliers. So once I finished University I moved back home to work for the family business the first thing I did was plan to buy a hound. After quite a lot of reading on this special breed and talking to owners and breeders, there was no doubt that a whippet was for me!
I bought my first whippet Archie in 2002 and haven't looked back.
I have 2 kennel names, my first is 'Dorwest' which has been a family affix for 40 years, 2 dogs have this on their names. My second kennel name 'Ipanema' is held in partnership with my husband Ben and my dad Tony and all our whippets from here on will be 'Ipanema'.
Why Ipanema? Easy - 'The girl from Ipanema' is one of Dads favourite songs and in turn he has made me love it too. As my Dad and I attend the shows together, 'Ipanema' is a lovely way to celebrate our joint love of sighthounds and most importantly Whippets. We are continually learning about the breed and love to chat 'whippet' and are very lucky to have some wonderful experienced mentors.
In 2010 after 8 years in the breed we bred our first litter, we have kept a dog and a bitch from this quality litter.
I was Treasurer of SWWC for 6 years, I became a full Member of the Kennel Club in May 2006 and was honoured to undertake my first judging appointment at Redditch & District CA in May 2007
Jo Boughton-White April 2010
I spent my youth looking after our family dogs which were always primarily sighthounds as well as Border Terriers and Cavaliers. So once I finished University I moved back home to work for the family business the first thing I did was plan to buy a hound. After quite a lot of reading on this special breed and talking to owners and breeders, there was no doubt that a whippet was for me!
I bought my first whippet Archie in 2002 and haven't looked back.
I have 2 kennel names, my first is 'Dorwest' which has been a family affix for 40 years, 2 dogs have this on their names. My second kennel name 'Ipanema' is held in partnership with my husband Ben and my dad Tony and all our whippets from here on will be 'Ipanema'.
Why Ipanema? Easy - 'The girl from Ipanema' is one of Dads favourite songs and in turn he has made me love it too. As my Dad and I attend the shows together, 'Ipanema' is a lovely way to celebrate our joint love of sighthounds and most importantly Whippets. We are continually learning about the breed and love to chat 'whippet' and are very lucky to have some wonderful experienced mentors.
In 2010 after 8 years in the breed we bred our first litter, we have kept a dog and a bitch from this quality litter.
I was Treasurer of SWWC for 6 years, I became a full Member of the Kennel Club in May 2006 and was honoured to undertake my first judging appointment at Redditch & District CA in May 2007
Jo Boughton-White April 2010
